Over the past 20 years, the field of polymer mechanochemistry has amassed a toolbox of
mechanophores that translate mechanical energy into a variety of functional responses …

The accumulation of plastic waste, due to lack of recycling, has led to serious environmental
pollution. Although mechanical recycling can alleviate this issue, it inevitably reduces the …

Real-time monitoring of strain/stress in polymers is a big challenge to date. Herein, we for
the first time report an ESIPT (excited-state intramolecular proton transfer)-based …

Polymers that release small molecules in response to mechanical force are promising
materials for a variety of applications ranging from sensing and catalysis to targeted drug …

Phenothiazine is one of the most extensively investigated aromatic compounds owing to its
unique optical and electronic properties, low cost, and easy functionalization. In recent …

Polymer gels have recently attracted attention for their application in flexible devices, where
mechanically robust gels are required. While there are many strategies to produce tough …

The development of polymeric materials with switchable properties upon exposure to
external stimuli such as light, heat, force, acids/bases, and chemicals has attracted much …

Mechanochromic mechanophores permit the design of polymers that indicate mechanical
events through optical signals. Here we report rotaxane-based supramolecular …

The unique topological features of Piezo proteins underlie the lever-like cellular
mechanotransduction mechanism. This knowledge inspires us to seek topological/geometric …

Mechanochromophores based on conformational changes of donor–acceptor–donor (DAD)
springs allow sensing of forces acting on polymer chains by monotonic changes of …